Door for closed body vehicles



Jan. 17, 1939. K. LEE

noon FOR CLOSED BODY VEHICLES Filed Nov. 27, 1936 5 Sheets-Shee't 1 INVENTOR. ROGER K. LEE.

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Jan. 17, 1939. R. k. LEE

DOOR FOR CLOSED BODY VEHICLES Filed Nov. 27, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 I INVENTOR. I

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ROGER ATTORNEYQ Jan. 17, 1939. L E 2,144,161

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Patented Jan. 17, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DOOR FOR CLOSED BODY VEHICLES Roger K. Lee, Highland Park, Mich, assignor to Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Mich., a corporation of Delaware Application November 27, 1936, Serial No. 112,871

Claims. (01. 296-44) v This invention relates to doors for closed body the outer tubular member 22 and its upper porvehicles and more particularly to such a door tion 26, at the belt line, spaced intermediate the made out of pressed metal stampings. top and bottom portions of the outer tube 22,

An object of the invention is to provide a metal defining a window portion above the upper por- 5 door construction which is economical to manution 26 of the inner tube and a main body portion facture and assemble because of the few and below the upper portion 26. simple parts used therein but which, at the same At the rear edge of the door, the right edge time, possesses strength and stability. of Fig. 1, the lower end of the outer tubular frame Another object of the invention is to provide 22 is bent around in back of the lower end of a door construction composed of simple, formed inner tubular member 24. This is more clearly 10 stampings and the provision of a tubular frame shown in the perspective view, Fig. 9. The upper structure to which may be spotwelded the stampends of the tubular members 22 and 24 are aringg, ranged with the end of the inner tubular mem- Other objects and advantages of the invention ber 24 in back of the outer tubular member 22 i5 will be more fully understood from the descripand both upper ends are extended longitudinally tion taken in connection with the accompanying into overlapp ng relation with the lower ends of drawings, in which the tubes.

Fig. 1 is an outside elevation of the door, parts It will be noted that by this arrangement the being shown dotted.- and parts being broken upper end of the tube 22 is secured, preferably away and in t by welding, to the lower end of the tube and 20 Fig. 2 is a front end view of the door shown in hat the upper end of the tube 24 is secured to 1; the lower end of the tube 22. This provides a con- Fig. 3 isa rear end view of the door shown in Fig. struction wherein the frame I!) is an endless strip 1, the upper portion of the inner and outer panels having a portion thereof of double tubular thickbeing broken away to more clearly show atubular s a d aIlOtheI portion of s e tubular 5 frame structure; ss.

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are detailed sectional views An inner panel 28 is secured, Preferably y taken respectively on line IVIV, V-V, VI--VI spotwelding, to the frame H]. In order to reduce and v v of Fig 1; the weight of the inner panel 28 and to provide Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line VIIL- n op n r e Win w, p r ions thereof are 30 VII]; f Fig 1; and cut away so that the inner panel is substantially Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a portion a frame corresponding generally in shape to the of the door in section and the method of joining tubular frame l0 except that the transverse porthe ends of the tubular members forming the tiOn 0 t e at the belt line s rger. The door frame structure. transverse portion 30 is provided with reinforcing 35 Referring to the drawings and more particustrips 32 which together with the transverse porlarly to Fig. 1, the door comprises a tubular frame tion 30 make up the control pp t ail I6. structure iii, an outer panel l2, an inner panel The inner panel 28 has its edges bent outwardly l4, transverse control support rails l6, glass run at right angles to the plane of the inner panel channels l8 and hinge members 20. The glass, l4 forming a jamb face 34 and the outer edge of 40 its control mechanism for r s a lowering the jamb face 34 is bent outwardly parallel to the the window and the door t m have not been plane of the inner panel [4 forming a flange as.

Shown- The outer panel l2 has its edges 38' bent The tubular frame structure I0 is formed from around the flange 36 and Secured thereto, prefer 2 tubular. membersfzz 1 l ifi t y y welding. The upper portion of the outer g gg f g gg fi ggi fi g g g ,g gifii panel 12 has a section cut away corresponding to tube 22 is bent into a substantially hrectangular gfi gg g jfiizm f gfii ig gggl sgiggfi form conforming to the outline of t e door and ve c y u no in ongi u na ignmen This is more clearly shown in the perspective view Surfaceedges of the flanges are Spaced e a y rec ang ar OIHIWI 1 W0 s1 es an 6 bottom edges in contact with the inner surface of inner pa e be secured to the l f e 34 by angular metallic strips 42 spotwelded to the glass run channel I 8 and the jamb face 34.

As shown in Fig. 8, the glass run chanel l8 and upper window portion are slightly curved to guide a glass which is correspondingly curved.

It will be understood that various changes including the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and it is not my intention to limit its scope other than by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a door for closed bodyvehicles, an'inner panel having inturned edges to form the jamb faces of the door, an outer panel having its edges secured to the inturned edges of said inner panel, a tubular frame member between said panels extending around the perimeter of said door and another tubular frame member extending along the bottom edge, partially along the two side edges and transversely between the top and bottom edges.

2. In a doorfor closed-body vehicles having a lower body portion and an upper'window portion, a tubular frame for said doorcomprising a single tubular member around the perimeter of'said door and another tubular member around the :perimeter of the bodyportion of'sai'd door, an

inner panel secured to said frame, and an outer panel secured to said innerpanel.

3. In a door for closed body vehicles, having a lower body portion and an upper window portion, a tubular frame for said door comprising two tubular members, one conforming to the perimeter of the door and the other conforming to the perimeter of the body portion of said door, one end of said first named member being secured to one end of said second named member and the other end of saidfirst named member being secured to the other end of said second named member, an inner panel secured to said tubular frame, and an outer panel secured to said inner panel.

4. In a door for closed body vehicles, a tubular frame structure forming a main body portion and :a window portion, a transverse support in the body portion of said door secured at its opposite ends to said tubular frame structure, glass run channels secured to said tubular frame, an inner panel and an outer panel, one of said panels being secured to said tubular frame and the other panel being secured to the one panel.

5. In a door for'vehiclebodies having a lower body portion and an upper Window portion, a

tubular frame forsaid door having asingle tubular portion around the perimeter of said window portion and having a double tubular portion around the perimeter of said lower body portion.

ROGER K. LEE. 

